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Anyone who’s been depressed knows the cycle of self-loathing that backs you into a dark corner. Depression isn’t just sadness, it’s more a lack of anything.

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Word had somehow spread about my abortion and all these girls came up to me saying how strong and independent I was and how I must be going through such a hard time.

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By REAL, I mean sex education programs that include information on birth control methods, sexually transmitted diseases, and the emotional issues that can accompany early sexual involvement, teen pregnancy/parenting, and sexual assault.

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Americans spent more than $8,600 a year per person on healthcare – more than twice what countries such as Britain, France and Sweden spend, and yet we don’t live longer and have poorer health.

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Yep, I’m wandering a deserted wasteland, trying to figure out why I, a male in his twenties, is drawn to this show about pregnant teens. Dotting the landscape here are the show’s slight weekly variables: questions of adoption, parental reaction (“babies shouldn’t be having babies,” you know?), the prospect of education, and maintaining a ‘normal life’ as a teen mom.

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A sophomore, Jillian was 5 1/2 months pregnant. Recently, she’d failed gym for not participating and the school had wanted to know why. She’d broken down and told them the truth.